Do understand, however, that this flight of fancy was indulged in an end-of-season sale . . . although the savings (a mitigating factor) were then re-directed, in part, toward alterations because the dress was a little long on me. I didn’t want to disturb the placement of the pockets, so my tailor and I decided to take the excess length out of the middle of the dress and added a seam at the waist.

You may now be saying, “Directrice, please no. Do not jeopardize your professional standing by going to work dressed in that freak —

Too late! It’s already been to work!

But only on days that I expected to spend at my desk, working solitarily.

Save your breath; this train has left the station

Check out the details.

The back

An open back and capacious pockets. Pockets with significant cargo area. Note in the view from behind that the pockets are sticking out on both sides of my hips. These pockets almost cannot be contained by the dress.

The pockets

Things I could fit in these pockets, and would be so glad to have handy:

8 thoughts on “Brace Yourself”

This is adorabubble as my 10 year old son would say. I love that you wore this to work. I guess in the office, you could put stationery supplies in the pockets .. staplers, blocks of sticky notes, spare ink cartridges for the printer. So fun!

I am honored to have caused you to laugh out loud. I was recently reading an article about a John C. Reilly show that airs on Adult Swim (Check It Out!) that made me laugh until I cried in my office. I don’t know if the show is nearly as funny as the article describing the show, but the article was hilarious.

I have to admit, it’s not my favorite…but I’m not the one wearing it—so if you love it, that’s what counts! It does remind me of an apron and certainly could be put to good use to carry items! And, at least you have a sense of humor about it (Harper would not be amused if you really tried to stuff him in one of the pockets!! jodiehttp://www.jtouchofstyle.com